Giro: «L’Asia nuovo bersaglio del terrore, il franchising Isis punta sui giovani» (l’Unità)
Ha avuto il doloroso compito di riportare in patria le salme dei nostri nove connazionali trucidati nell’attentato al caffè-ristorante di Dacca. Nell’intervista concessa a l’Unità, il Vice ministro degli Esteri con delega alla Cooperazione internazionale, Mario Giro, parla di questa esperienza e lancia l’allarme: «Mi preoccupa – afferma – l’attacco all’Asia, finora rimasta sullo sfondo […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Why it is necessary to defeat Daesh» (L’Unità)
Nadia Benedetti, Claudio Cappelli, Vincenzo D’Allestro, Claudia D’Antona, Simona Monti, Adele Puglisi, Maria Riboli, Cristian Rossi and Marco Tondat. They were nine Italian citizens, nine victims of terrorism that Italy will not forget. Last Friday, at 9:10 p.m. our Embassy was informed of the attack under way at the Holey Artisan Bakery. The call was […]
Read moreAmendola «We are at the heart of the Mediterranean to stabilize fragile governments» (l’Unità)
Italy and the global challenge of jihadist terrorism. The centrality of the Mediterranean. L’Unità discusses the issue with the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Enzo Amendola, on his return from a diplomatic mission in Libya. “We must come to terms with the fact that jihadism has broadened its geographical scope of action from Africa […]
Read moreGentiloni: “Yes to Ankara in the EU” (La Stampa)
Gentiloni: “Yes to Ankara in the EU” (La Stampa) Minister Gentiloni, while Great Britain is moving away from Europe, Turkey is seeking to draw closer. Eleven years from the beginning of negotiations with Ankara is this still worthwhile?“Turkey is under attack. Supporting it in its rapprochement with the Union is not a formal gesture. Instead […]
Read moreGentiloni: “EU to be renewed against domino effect” (Il Messaggero)
“The night seemed to get off to a good start with a victory for ‘Remain’. Instead we woke up to this most unpleasant surprise. David Cameron made a mistake when he proposed a referendum on whether the United Kingdom should or should not leave the European Union, but now the vote must be respected. Great Britain is to […]
Read moreGiro: «Il Migration compact non può seguire il modello turco» (L’Unità)
Il Migration Compact messo a punto dall’Italia non è la riproposizione per l’Africa del «modello turco». E l’Europa farebbe bene a prestare ascolto al grido d’allarme lanciato da Medici senza Frontiere che hanno deciso, in polemica con i risultati di quell’intesa, di rifiutare ogni finanziamento dell’Ue. Ha il dono della chiarezza l’intervista con Mario Giro, […]
Read moreGentiloni: ‘The goal in Syria is a future without Assad’ (Arab News) Versione originale
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni Silveri spoke about this common aim in an exclusive interview with Arab News during his two-day visit to the Kingdom on Wednesday and Thursday.“Italy and Saudi Arabia share the basic philosophy that Bashar Assad has to go,” he said. “In order to reach this goal, we need to have a […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Europe seen by Napolitano» (L’Unità)
A courageous pro-European manifesto in an era of populist simplifications, of a push towards disintegration in an unprecedented crisis in the European project. This is the subject of “Europa, politica e passione” (“Europe, Politics and Passion”), the book written by Giorgio Napolitano which builds a bridge between the past, present and future. It traces the […]
Read moreGentiloni: “Europe must not go back to being lethargic on migrants. Populism can be defeated by combating fear” (La Stampa)
Minister Gentiloni, the week started with the elections in Austria. Half of the voters chose the extreme right; can we be comfortable with that? «No unfortunately. There are sure to be domestic reasons underlying that result – the same two parties ruled for 70 years – but Vienna has given us a dual lesson». What […]
Read moreGentiloni: “We share the same fate”
The first Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference taking place in Rome precedes by only a few days the 53rd anniversary of the African Union and is an authoritative testimony of the attention that Italy pays to the Continent. The Conference’s main focus was on the «sustainable development» of Africa: in terms of peace and security, economic growth, […]
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